Can’t-believe-he’s-still-running candidate Christopher Dodd stars in a Christian Science Monitor faith and values profile that has him talking more than usual about his Catholicism’s influence on his life. Indeed, the influence is so deep that God-o-Meter is surprised he doesn’t open up about it more often: After graduating from a Jesuit prep school outside Washington,…

John McCain today announced a new coalition of Catholic supporters headed by some big names, including Kansas Senator/former presidential candidate Sam Brownback and former Kansas Governor Frank Keating. From today’s press release: ….Former Governor Frank Keating (R-OK), also National Co-Chair of Catholics for McCain said, “John McCain can uniquely appeal to Catholics with his strong,…

God-o-Meter just stumbled on this story from last week about Fred Thompson overstating his conservative Christian support by inflating the heft of a group called the Wesleyan Center for Strategic Studies (whose web site now appears to be down). God-o-Meter had raised questions about the group earlier this month, after the Thompson campaign emailed an…

Back in the 1990s, the Christian Coalition was known as an “invisible army” for its ability to go undetected by the news media until delivering dramatic GOP victories on Election Day, including 1994’s Republican Revolution. The Dallas Morning News’ Wayne Slater says a similarly undetectable but potent force is behind Mike Huckabee’s rise: Mike Huckabee’s…

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